Hello friends, I have a question for you. What is it that you want? Is it to spend your life being told what to do, being told your dreams are…
5 Reasons You Should Sign Up for Skate Farm Virginia RIGHT NOW
If you didn’t go to summer camp as a kid, now’s your chance. Skate Farm Virginia is a 5-day skating adventure in the hills of Floyd, Virginia. Eddy Matzger, one…
Skater Migration 2018: Social Rollerblading in Miami, Florida
I hadn’t planned on going to Skater Migration this year. In truth, I was still exhausted from Athens to Atlanta and was recovering financially from an extensive 2017 skate season.…
Tomy Hyser & The Rollerblade 10K Challenge “Fun With New Friends”
Tom Hyser is a 42-year-old former professional aggressive inline skater from Roswell, Georgia near Atlanta. Tom ran skatepile.com, an online skate shop, from 1999-2008. Since then he has been working…
5 Things I Did Wrong & 5 Things I Did Right at A2A 2017
A First-Timer’s Perspective Skating the Athens to Atlanta Ultra-Marathon A2A was last October, and I still can’t quite believe it happened. This post has actually been months in the making…
Oli Benet Leaves ROEX Skate Shop, Looks Ahead to Future
ROEX shop and Renegade Distribution co-founder Oli Benet revealed today that he is leaving these projects to focus on his health. Oli has achieved so much in his career, from…
Rollerblading’s First Hemp Extract Company?
Frank Stoner and Jarrod McBay are two longtime rollerbladers and great friends of mine that I've been skating with consistently since the mid 1990's. Jarrod and Frank recently launched a…
T for Texas Roller Riot Event during SXSW in Austin
Heath Burley and Mick Casals are two longtime fixtures of the Austin, Texas rollerblading scene. Together they are hosting an event called T for Texas Roller Riot on March 17th.…
The 2017 NYC Marathon and 100K as Experienced by Arnav “Sonic” Shah
Arnav "Sonic" Shah is a New York City native and staple in the inline skating scene there and on the East Coast in general. He is a well-known slalom skater…
A First-Timer’s Perspective: 8 Things I Learned from Skating in the Northshore Marathon
1) It's really beautiful. Even if you're not a competitive skater, this is worth the trip. Duluth is the cutest little town, filled with niche coffee shops and breweries, and…